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Chapter 7 SITE DESCRIPTIONS<br />
7.0 Introduction<br />
<strong>The</strong> historical research undertaken suggests the presence of one Chinese<br />
garden site in the vicinity of Milparinka township. This site was known as<br />
Chinaman's Garden Well and has been located on Peak Hill Station, on<br />
land previously designated a part of Milparinka Common.<br />
Chinaman's Garden Well is on the banks of Evelyn Creek, about 2.4<br />
kilometres upstream of Milparinka. One source indicates that six one acre<br />
holdings formerly existed in this vicinity, two of which were reserved for<br />
water supply purposes in December 1906. Unfortunately no records remain<br />
of the holdings apart from an inscription on the county map currently<br />
(December 1992) held in the NSW Registrar Generals Department. <strong>The</strong><br />
historical research, in conjunction with oral history, suggests that in 1911 at<br />
least one of them was occupied by the Cox family, and that another was<br />
occupied by Tom Chong Toosey (Barlow:1988 & NSWPD1). Ownership of<br />
the other holdings is obscure.<br />
If the list of identified Chinese sites is extended to include those suggested<br />
primarily by oral history and location names, a further site, barely<br />
mentioned in the historical records also exists. This is Chinaman's Well,<br />
located on Mount Poole Station. With the exception of an original grant<br />
dating from 1886, and the mention made by Kidman, Chinaman's Well is<br />
unreported in the written records. <strong>The</strong> well is further removed from<br />
Milparinka than Chinaman's Garden Well, and lies on a tributary of Evelyn<br />
Creek.<br />
<strong>The</strong> site descriptions which follow are drawn from documentation prepared<br />
during the winter months of 1986 and 1987, with supplemental information<br />
recorded in July 1988, March 1989 and January 1994.<br />
7.1 "Chinaman's Well"<br />
Map 9 shows site features discussed below. This map was prepared from<br />
site survey information gathered in 1987 and 1988, with some additional<br />
plotting being completed in 1989. Since then the activities of stock in the<br />
vicinity have made some changes, primarily to the mounds of "flood debris"<br />
discussed at paragraph 7.1.2.<br />
7.1.1 Location<br />
Chinaman's Well is located on an essentially flat area some distance east<br />
of Evelyn Creek, and about 300 meters upstream of the point where<br />
Bendigo Creek joins with a side channel of the main creek. It is<br />
approximately equidistant from Milparinka and 'Albert', the township